Big power from tiny wires
New discovery shows carbon nanotubes can produce powerful waves that could be harnessed for new energy systems.
Life beyond our universe
MIT physicists explore the possibility of life in universes with laws different from our own.
Unraveling black hole spin
Retrograde spin of supermassive black holes may create jets that control galaxy evolution
Record-breaking collisions
Initial results from high-energy proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider offer first glimpse of physics at new energy frontier.
Powering cube satellites
An electric propulsion technology for miniature satellites aims to give them more mobility — and may eventually allow them to take on deep-space missions.
Peering inside an artificial sun
Techniques developed by MIT center provide detailed images from the inside of hellishly hot core of advanced fusion experiments
Levitating magnet brings space physics to fusion
Tests on a machine that mimics a planet’s magnetic field show that it may offer an ‘alternative path’ to taming nuclear fusion for power generation.
Senior wins Churchill scholarship
Maria Monks will pursue graduate studies in mathematics in Britain
Team predicts satellite could locate hundreds of Earth-sized planets
Researchers say proposed satellite could represent astronomy’s ‘next big leap’ — one that may help find signs of life elsewhere in the universe.
Closing in on dark matter?
Physicists detect two candidate dark matter interactions, but say the data are not conclusive.
‘Micro-ants’: Tiny conveyor belts for the 21st century
A new method of moving tiny particles using magnetic polymer beads and magnetic fields could find uses in microchips and in medicine
Cancer research gets physical
5-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will fund projects by physicists that give a new view of cancer cells.